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Why 'hope is back on menu' for Edinburgh
TL;DR
Edinburgh's youth team showed resilience in their recent match against the Sharks, overcoming an early deficit to secure a victory. Ewan Ashman scored a pivotal try that marked their first significant entry into the opponent's territory.
Key points
- Edinburgh's youth team played against the Sharks
- They initially fell behind early in the match
- Ewan Ashman scored a crucial try
- The team's performance improved after the first try
[BBC]
Edinburgh's youth were less Young Ones and more Young Guns on Friday night against the Sharks.
It did start a little slowly. We were a try down by six minutes, had already conceded three penalties and hadn't really been out of our own half.
It picked up, though. Our first entry into the Sharks 22 resulted in a try by Ewan Ashman, which was born from the lovely move at the lineout that preceded it.
Our matches against Sharks have been mostly close affairs and they went ahead only a few minutes after the restart with our struggles at scrum time being a contributory factor.
Then Grant Gilchrist celebrated his contract extension by dummying a pass to Pierre Schoeman, which allowed him to break and give Glen Young an easy score to keep the game tightly balanced.
Another fumble straight from the restart led to another scrum and I'd have to applaud Sean Everitt's decision at that early juncture to bring on Paul Hill to try to bring some parity in that area.
It swung back in Sharks' favour with a short drive from Vincent Koch, but a quick restart by Edinburgh straight from the Finn Russell playbook gave Edinburgh possession and territory, and only four minutes later Mosese Tuipulotu went over in the corner for his first try of the season.
Ewan Ashman cemented a deserved player of the match award with the charge down that came shortly after that and gave Hector Patterson a run in for his second try in two appearances.
Sharks at this point were starting to look a little deflated and Edinburgh capitalised on that with the Chief Brody coup de grace moment and pick of the tries on the night from Darcy Graham.
Sharks did manage to mirror our last contest with a last-play score in the same corner, but this time it was too little too late.
It was a pleasure to watch this game. There were lots of good performances. Tom Currie was impressive, as was Jack Brown in his two stints. Hector Patterson has been a revelation.
Our discipline also improved as the game progressed and we bagged three second-half tries while only conceding three penalties in that half.
There are caveats, but back-to-back bonus-point league wins are rare for this team, so hope is back on the menu.
Q&A
What was the outcome of the Edinburgh vs. Sharks match?
Edinburgh won the match against the Sharks after initially falling behind.
Who scored the first try for Edinburgh against the Sharks?
Ewan Ashman scored the first try for Edinburgh during their match against the Sharks.
How did Edinburgh perform in the early stages of the match against the Sharks?
Edinburgh struggled in the early stages, conceding a try and several penalties before improving their performance.